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Hey guys, recently i've been noticing some weird noises coming from my suspension. I currently have KW V2 on the car for about 6-7 months. Recently when i go over bumps or uneven roads the front makes loud clunking noises like its loose or about to fall off. When im coming out of my driveway the rear makes a squeaky noise. Do you guys have any ideas or suggestions. Thanks

In the front, re-torque the sway bar end link nuts. Sounds like one might have backed off a tad. What end links are you running? Could also be a bad end link or possibly even a bad length adjustment.

In the rear, what sway bars, end links, and RTABs are you running? Have you inspected the area around the LR subframe mount for cracks? When you checked the RSMs, did you re-torque the nuts?

The reason I suggest re-torquing things instead of just using your fingers to see if they appear loose is because suspension loads can bind things up so that they feel tight until the suspension travels to a position that frees them up to rattle or squeak.

for the clunking in the front you need to put some time aside and remove your wheels and re tighten everything, regarding the squeking ive notived its pretty normall, it mostly body flexing, i have this also, however it was drastically improved after replacing everything in the front along with strut bars, lol, The rear is another monster, you have the RTAB's that are very common to go out, they wont look bad but they really are, also the end links. good luck.

I think I am having the same problem he described about his front suspension noise over uneven surfaces. My first thought is it has something to do with the sway bars, but I'm not sure if I should be replacing the endlinks or just tightening them. Also, do the two rubber sway bar bushings that mount it to the chassis of the car go bad often?

I have this sounds only when i hit a bump. It soounds like it was loose in the rear. I replaced my rear shocks with Sachs OEM. I did not include the bottom washer in the shocks below the RSM. Is that the reason why? I tigthened the nuts though!

I have this sounds only when i hit a bump. It soounds like it was loose in the rear. I replaced my rear shocks with Sachs OEM. I did not include the bottom washer in the shocks below the RSM. Is that the reason why? I tigthened the nuts though!